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Mark Fitzpatrick

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Middle East

Iran has had weeks post-election to get back into nuke talks

Time is wasting, and as Tehran delays, it continues to accumulate enriched uranium and operate advanced centrifuges.

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Middle East

Pompeo set to double down on failure to extend Iran arms embargo

The administration thinks it can get the arms ban extension, and much more, by now moving on to trigger snapback of all the pre-JCPOA sanctions.

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Middle East

What the latest IAEA reports mean for the future of the Iran nuclear deal

Iran continues to pull back on some of its obligations in response to Trump unilaterally reimposing crushing sanctions, but the JCPOA is still alive.

Will the US try to interdict Iranian tankers bound for Venezuela?
Middle East

Will the US try to interdict Iranian tankers bound for Venezuela?

It would be senseless for the U.S. to try to stop the petroleum transfer. It would be condemned by nearly every other country in the world as an abuse of U.S. power, with both Iran and Venezuela benefitting from political sympathy.

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Washington Politics

Two years after JCPOA withdrawal, Americans are less safe, the Middle East less peaceful

While the Trump administration touts its maximum pressure campaign as a route to peace in the Middle East, Iran’s increased hostilities prove it wrong.